Etymology of Pashtun/Pashto place names

[Sarbani]

I would say the bulk of the population was Iranic. I say this is because, Arachosia is counted as one of the 16 Aryana nations in the Avesta, is apart of Ariana/Ariane according to many ancient Greek historians such as Strabo and Diodorus, and Ptolemy mentions it as a region seperate from India.

However where it gets sticky is the Parthians referred to Arachosia as White India or Indike Leuke. But no one knows exactly why it is referred to as that....

In that region lived two people, Paktyans and Gandharis. These were two distinct peoples. Paktyans are usually associated with Arachosia and the Gandharans with Gandhara. They both lived together sorta so this makes the whole thing confusing. However, it is confirmed that the Gandharans were definitely Indians. The identity of the Paktyans is more confusing, but since they were explicitly distinguished from Gandharans.

Esther and Ahasuerus: An Identification of the Persons So Named ... - Google Books

However, the link above compares their language to "Kissian" (Kassite?). It most likely has no relation to Kissian but the fact that it was compared to it implies it was distinct from Indo-Aryan.

Also, the Sanskrit cognate to Haraxvati (Araxosia) was Sarasvatī. If the Paktyans (people of Araxosia) were Indic, then their land should have been called Sarasvati instead.

So that leaves the question. If the Paktyans were Iranic and called their land Haraxvati, then why did they bring the name Gandhara to southern Afghanistan? I think it's likely that among the majority Iranic populace of Araxosia, there existed some Indic Gandharans and they called their land Gandhara and they were the ones that brought the name 'Gandhara' to Kandahar.

[Akbar]

Man, stop trolling.

It comes from the Ottoman Turkish word قبول, which is ultimately of Arabic origin.

No it doesn't
Kabul is much older that the Ottoman Turks.
The prevelant theory among Afghans is that it comes from the word Ka and Pul. I think Ka means hay and pul means bridge. So its named after a hay bridge.

But

It can be something totally different.

[Elias]

As i kept saying, Kandahar(my mom) and Kabul(my dad).

I honestly sometimes wanted to do a DNA-test just to see how south-asian i am.

Spend that money on an IQ-Test ...
Spoiler: you wouldn't score more than the room temperature.

[jama0112]

Dude, what's your problem?
I'm saying that because everyone else here says that afghan pahstun and even paki pahstuns don't look like south asians at all, and then there's me, who has both parents being born in Kabul and in Kandahar and yet i look very south asian(i think).

Don't need to be an ass about it. I'm not saying every pahstun/tajik looks like south asians.

[Elias]

Dude, what's your problem?
I'm saying that because everyone else here says that afghan pahstun and even paki pahstuns don't look like south asians at all, and then there's me, who has both parents being born in Kabul and in Kandahar and yet i look very south asian(i think).

Don't need to be an ass about it. I'm not saying every pahstun/tajik looks like south asians.

No one gives a fck how you, your uber driver or milk man looks like.